Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1887-01-21
NEWS ITEMS.

1 The Peoples Voice is no longer seen
or heard, and i's editor is 10 Towson
jail paving the pen lty for slandering
just and upright judge.
Last week wheat reached one dollar
per bushe in the Baltimore market the
first time since December, 1885. Since
then the price has declined few points.
In some sections of the West and
Northwest the thermometer has regis
tered as low as 80 degrees below 20
during last week.
The sale Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal is reported, in connection with
which the building Of railroad along
the route is said to be considered By GER
ain persons
Lieutenant J. f. Kelly, who was
suspended for three months at the time
Of the Washington police scandal, has
been restored to duty By the Commits
'ioners, ia compliance with the request
Of large number Of citizens.
According to the testimony before the
jury Of inquest into the cause of the b.
& >. disaster at Republic, Ohio, it ap
pears the engineer of the freight was
drunk, and a green farm hand was act
ing as his fireman. A pretty cause, to
be sure, for such slaughter on a great
railroad like the Baltimore and Ohio.
Cardinal Gibbons will leave Balri-
more next month to attend the college
OF Cardinals, which meets ut Rome in
March. During his absence the affairs
Of the archdiocese Sill be managed BY
Monsignor Michigan. the cardinals
vicar-general While there he will re-
ceive the red hat from Pope Leo. He
will be absent about two months.
In the North Carolina House of Del
egates which has large Democratic
majority, John IL Williamson introduce
ed resolution heartily approving and
indorsing the nomination of Matthews as
Recorder Of Deeds of the District of Co
lumbia, but the members Of the Legis-
lature, irrespective of politics, indicated
their opposition by a vote of l07 to 3.
The negotiations with the Chinese
government, to which allusion was made
in the Presidents message, for such
modification of existing treaties as will
entirely prevent the introduction Of
Chinese collie labor in this country have
just been brought to successful termi-
nation.
The late cold spell has revived com
ment upon the extreme cold winter of
l85l-52 The Baltimore Sun Of Jan
uary u, 1852, contained description
Of the ice bridge over the Susquehan
nah at ElHvre de Grace, on which a rail
road track was laid precisely as on land, |
with sleepers, crOss-ties and iron rails R
There was a decent of 20 feet on either
side Of the river, and the mail and bag
gage cars were let down and hauled up .
by stationary engine with rope. The
passengers were carried across in sleighs
The tomato pack of 1886 in the Uni
ted States is estimated at over two mill !
lion three hundred thousand cases about /
one million more than the pack of the
year previous. As large an amount as
this seems to be, it is less than the an
nual consumption in lis country. Not
withstanding the difference in quantity
in the two years, the price was better in
1886 than in 1885, and in the impress
sion prevails in well informed quarters
that canned goods are getting scarce and
that the price will advance before the
Nov crops is ready for market. This
will stimulate trade. and larger pack
and q more profitable one next year is
anticipated.